Word: specialist
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WITH its plain white cover and official seal, the pamphlet from the Senate Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations looked as dull and uninviting as any other Government document. Even the Government Printing Office has its sleepers, however, and Of Specialists and Generalists quickly became the hottest item in Washington. A 71-page compilation of commentary from ancient and modern thinkers, it deals with the question of which is preferable: the specialist with expertise in one field, or the generalist, with broader, if shallower, wisdom. In an age where much rests on the judgment of public men, the question...
...CHARLES BABBAGE (In a letter to Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Mathematician Babbage took issue with Tennyson's lines, "Every minute dies a man,/Every minute one is born." In so doing, this eminent specialist proved his case, but magnificently missed the point): I need hardly point out to you that this calculation would tend to keep the sum total of the world's population in a state of perpetual equipoise, whereas the total is constantly on the increase. In the next edition of your excellent poem the erroneous calculation to which I refer should be corrected as follows: "Every...
They must shield prospective targets against thunderous shock waves, searing heat, deadly X rays, gamma rays and neutrons. They must also guard against a lesser-known product of atomic explosions called electromagnetic pulse, or EMP. In a recent Washington speech, Senator Henry Jackson, atomic-weapons specialist of the Armed Services Committee, insisted that despite five years of research, EMP still poses a "serious problem" to the nation's communications, radar and missile systems...
Some old Senate oaks were cut down. His age, liberalism and prolonged absences from Oklahoma frustrated the fourth-term bid of Mike Monroney, 66, the industrious populist who has been the leading aviation specialist in the Senate. He was beaten by Republican ex-Governor Henry Bellmon, 47. Much the same factors conspired to defeat Alaska's Ernest Gruening, 81, who campaigned so lackadaisically that he lost the Democratic primary...
Hurley has not always been a defensive specialist; he played offensive halfback as well as safety for the freshman team two years ago. Head varsity coach John Yovicsin was impressed with his ability, however, and convinced him that his best varsity chances lay in defense...